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Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!

Bertolt Brecht

The headlong stream is termed violent But the river bed hemming it in is Termed violent by no one.
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Bed Rivers Violent
It isn’t important to come out on top, what matters is to be the one who comes out alive.
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Acceptance Important Matters
Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties.
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Lying Running Writing
Sin is what is new, strong, surprising, strange. The theatre must take an interest in sin if the young are to be able to go there.
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Able Strong Theatre
One can describe the world of today to the people of today only if one describes it as capable of alteration.
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People Today World
Show them the red tail of a comet, fill them with black terror, and they will all come running out of their houses and break their legs. But tell them one sensible proposition, and support it with seven reasons, and they will simply laugh in your face.
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Black Proposition Running Sensible Show Support
The righteous one has no sense of humor.
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Humor One Righteous Sense
The storm that bends the birch trees Is held to be violent But how about the storm That bends the backs of the roadworkers?
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Storm Tree Violent
When the praying does no good, insurance does help.
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Helping Insurance Praying
In the contradiction lies the hope.
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Contradiction Hope Lying
Eats first, morals after.
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Eat Firsts Moral
Poverty makes you wise but it’s a curse.
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Curse Poverty Wise
What a miserable thing life is: you’re in clover; only the clover isn’t good enough.
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Gratitude Life Sadness
People remain what they are even if their faces fall apart.
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Faces Fall People
Firebugs dragging their gasoline bottles are approaching the Academy of Arts, with a grin. And so, instead of embracing them, let us demand the freedom of the elbow to knock the bottles out of their filthy hands.
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Art Embrace Hands War
Bank robbery is an initiative of amateurs. True professionals establish a bank.
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Bank Initiative Robbery

Oh! Moon of Alabama We now must say good-bye We’ve lost our good old mama And must have whiskey Oh, you know why!

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